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Category: MICE: Management Institute for Contributory Economy
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Peach, N. & Buch, N. (2026). Reviewing Alignment in SEQ Regional Planning Final
Dr Neville Buch with Dr Neil Peach The report “Bioregional Planning in South East Queensland: Where and How Does [Or Will] it Work?” analyses a critical structural flaw in the planning architecture of South East Queensland (SEQ). It identifies a systemic misalignment between Commonwealth environmental reforms, the State’s bioregional pilot, and the SEQ Regional…
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Statement on the State of Affairs in Queensland
Dr Neville Buch The Haunted Frontier: Queensland’s Legacy and Intellectual Evolution https://www.academia.edu/166035859/Statement_on_the_State_of_Affairs_in_Queensland The current “State of Affairs in Queensland” is defined by a profound and ongoing transition, as the state remains significantly haunted by a socio-intellectual legacy that prioritized folkloric myth over professional accountability. This haunting manifests as a set of “intellectual wounds”…
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Letter to the Honourable Minister for Education, Queensland
26 April 2026 Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA The Honourable Minister for Education PO Box 15033 City East, QLD 4002 AUSTRALIA Dear Minister, I am writing to formally present a suite of transformative curriculum packages developed by the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) in collaboration…
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The Wickedness of Human Resources: The Technicisation of Humanity
Abstract The Shadows of Innovation and the Techné Mindset This essay interrogates the systemic forces that marginalize intellectual innovation and foster a culture of scholarly silence. Through the lens of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC), it argues that powerful forces—specifically the “techné mindset” and bureaucratic strategic action—consign independent innovators to the “shadows” to preserve institutional…
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George Eliot’s David Strauss and the Sea of Faith
Dr Neville Buch From Myth to Human Authorship: The Legacy of the “Life of Jesus” Tradition Abstract This essay traces the intellectual lineage and legacy of the “historical Jesus” quest, beginning with the revolutionary myth-theory of David Friedrich Strauss and its English dissemination by George Eliot. It explores how this German “higher criticism” reshaped Anglo-American…
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Religion is not what it was
Dr Neville Buch Thinking Religion in Place Thinking Religion in Place: A Critique of the “Post-Religious” Lament Abstract The colloquial observation that “religion is not what it was” often masks a deeper cognitive tension between Historical Forgetfulness and the requirement for a topological understanding of existence. While populist discourse frequently mourns the decline of institutional…
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Learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages: History and Historiography
Dear friends, Here are the learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages. Abstract This essay explores the vices and virtues of history as a philosophical and social practice, characterizing the discipline not merely as a chronicle of dates but as a “site of conscience” and a laboratory for understanding human existence. Drawing on the socio-intellectual frameworks…
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Correcting Biases: Queensland
I am writing to propose a business plan to negotiate with the Queensland Department of Education regarding payment for using several of my curriculum packages. Details coming soon. In the meantime… Abstract This essay performs a Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) analysis on the recent Times Higher Education (THE) report regarding an experimental “set bias corrector” for student…
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The Ordinary Person. Between Social Stability and Symbolic Misery
24 April 2026 Dear Friends, An invitation to think Abstract The concept of “Ordinary People” functions as a primary site of tension within modern sociological and ethical frameworks. Defined as the realm of the common, frequent, and every day, the “ordinary” provides a vital sense of communal stability, secular prosperity, and a grounded human point…
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Religion, Secularity, Insider, Outsider, and Synthetic Holism
The General Theory School and Insider-Outsider Abstract The modern general theory of religion begins with Otto’s universalisation of the ‘Holy’ – the belief that all world religions express and interpret the same Christian ‘Holy God’/ holiness, achieved differently through distinctively shaped cultural filters. From this schema arises the task for religionists to develop models explaining…